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HappyHillbilly
at Mon Oct 1 23:24:35 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HappyHillbilly ]
> > > Now you've taken the 8 foot length and shortened it...
I know. Ain't that a hoot!!! 
> > > ...an average person would be yelling and screaming a long line of cuss words.
Did ya ever stop to think that it could be because I'm sub-average, as in; too stoopid to know any better? Ha! Ha! Ha!
Constructive criticism can be a bitter pill to swallow sometimes. You weren't being negative, just factual. I mean, let's face it; I'm the one lookin' like a gen-u-wine idgit for dancin' around using FRP. Ha! Ha! Thank God nobody here actually knows who I am. Hahahahahahaha!!! Well, Tom's the only that can point me out in a crowd and yell, "There goes that idgit!" Where's he been, anyway?
Alright, back on track here: On the stick-frame cages you talked about needing repair, is the majority of the problems water (moisture), the weight of the dirt expanding the cage frame, OR the dangerous combination of both? From your "hydraulic ram" comment I'm assuming it's both, cage expands, breaking seal, water does what it will do.
The reason I ask is because I've been thinking about adding a cross-member in the center of the length of the cage that will be just below the dirt surface to help keep the sides from bloating. I've got a piece of aluminum tubing that I could bolt in there.
You know that in a book on savs the author mentions a drain covered with a wire screen & then a layer of gravel in the bottom, with dirt ontop of that. That's first I've heard of it and I kinda liked the idea. (Don't you get off on the book thingy.)
I also considered making a type of window in the bottom section out of 2 - 3 in. of glass so I could see what was going on with the moisture level of the dirt. But I've pretty much scratched both the drain & window ideas realizing that I'm already thinkin' too dang much as it is. K.I.S.S.!!!
Ha! What was that "sidbarvin" said earlier - "Holy complicated crap, Batman!" Or something like that. Hahahaha!!!
Later, Tater!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American
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RE: about Square footage - HappyHillbilly, Mon Oct 1 23:24:35 2007